PMX MANUAL
1
118164-001 REV. A
Contents
C
HAPTER
1
I
NTRODUCTION
....................................................2
1.1
PMX
DESCRIPTION...............................................2
1.1.1
Power Supply Requirements ................................3
1.1.2
Environment Requirements ..................................4
1.2
THEORY
OF
OPERATION ....................................4
1.2.1
Function Overview ...............................................4
1.2.2
Line Rectification and Filtering ...........................4
1.2.3
Inverter .................................................................4
1.2.4
High Voltage Transformer ...................................4
1.2.5
High Voltage Assembly ........................................4
1.2.6
System Control PWB ............................................4
1.2.7
Filament Power Supply ........................................5
1.2.8
High Speed Starter ...............................................6
1.3
SAFETY ...................................................................7
1.3.1
Safety and Warning Symbols ................................7
C
HAPTER
2
I
NSTALLATION
.....................................................8
2.1
INTRODUCTION ....................................................8
2.2
UNPACKING ..........................................................8
2.3
OVERALL CONNECTIONS
............................................8
2.4
POWER
LINE
MAINS .......................................... 10
2.5
Cable connection illustration ............................. 10
2.5.1
HV Cable Connection ........................................ 10
2.5.2
Stator Cable Connection .................................... 11
2.5.3
Filament Driver Cable Connection .................... 11
2.6
MULTI
INTERFACE
CABLE
CONNECTIONS .. 12
2.6.1
Pin Layout of the Multi interface ....................... 12
2.7
I
NTERLOCK
C
ONNECTIONS
...................................... 14
2.8
T
UBE
C
URRENT
M
ONITOR
C
ONNECTION
................. 14
2.9
GROUND
CONNECTION .................................... 14
2.9.1
X-Ray Tube Housing Ground ............................. 14
2.9.2
Chassis Ground .................................................. 15
2.10
FINAL
CHECKS .................................................... 15
2.11
GUI
SOFTWARE .................................................. 15
C
HAPTER
3 ........................................................................... 17
INTERFACING
........................................................................ 17
3.2
MULTI
INTERFACE............................................. 17
3.2.1
Connector Style and Pin Layout ........................ 17
3.2.2
Serial Communication Interface ........................ 18
3.2.3
Digital I/O Control Interface ............................. 19
3.2.4
Remote Status Interface ..................................... 20
3.2.5
Remote Monitoring Interface ............................. 22
3.3
E
THERNET INTERFACE
............................................. 22
C
HAPTER
4
C
ONFIGURATION
,
C
ALIBRATION AND
O
PERATION
.......................................................................... 23
4.1
INTRODUCTION
........................................................ 23
4.2
TUBE PREHEAT TABLE CONFIGURATION
.................. 23
4.3
FILAMENT AUTO
-
CALIBRATION
............................... 25
4.4
O
PERATING X
-
RAY EXPOSURES
............................... 26
4.4.1
Normal Exposure ............................................... 26
4.4.2
AEC Exposure .................................................... 28
4.4.3
Smart AEC Exposure ......................................... 29
C
HAPTER
5 ........................................................................... 32
T
ROUBLE
S
HOOTING
............................................................ 32
5.1
INTRODUCTION ................................................. 32
5.2
STATUS
AND
ERROR
CODES ........................... 32
5.2.1
Status Messages ................................................. 32
5.2.2
Faults Messages ................................................ 33
CHAPTER
6 ....................................................................... 39
MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 39
6.1
INTRODUCTION ................................................. 39
6.2
PERFORMANCE TEST
............................................... 39
6.3
HIGH VOLTAGE DIVIDERS
........................................ 39
CHAPTER
7 ....................................................................... 40
REPLACEMENT
PARTS .................................................. 40
CHAPTER
8 ....................................................................... 41
FACTORY
SERVICE ........................................................ 41